Styling road maps with QGIS?

In Tomtom data for example, you have an attribute called frc that can be used to classify roads. The following setup will create a GoogleMaps-style roadmap with different styles for different zoom levels.

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I've worked out a solution for Google-like labeling too, this time based on OSM data: http://underdark.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/guide-to-advanced-labeling-for-osm-roads/

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More related posts:

  • "Advanced Layer Styles in QGIS"
  • A guide to GoogleMaps-like maps with OSM in QGIS

I have created a blog post on how I did, and just thought to share it here.. So here it is:

http://mikeongis.wordpress.com/2011/08/25/map-design-with-qgis/

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